--Bruce Cole, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities for the past seven years, will step down in January, giving the Obama administration the opportunity to name the heads of both national endowments.

--Michael Kaiser, president of the Kennedy Center, will assist the New York City Opera as it searches for a replacement for Gerard Mortier, who stepped down last week.

--"Indomitable Spirit," a benefit exhibition featuring images by more than 80 photographers, including Lauren Greenfield, Sylvia Plachy, Al Seib, Robert Farber, Dana Gluckstein and others will be held at Ace Gallery tonight.

--The director of the Victoria & Albert Museum shares details of the nearly $225-million renovation and expansion that will be unveiled in 2009.